Journal profile · NURSINGPSYCHIATRY-PSYCHIATRY
Issues in Mental Health Nursing
ISSN 0161-2840 · eISSN 1096-4673 · Informa Healthcare · ENGLAND
Issues in Mental Health Nursing: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.99; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 33 days (first decision after review, publisher); acceptance rate 17% (journal website); 166 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Issues in Mental Health Nursing is published by Informa Healthcare and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Mental Health Treatment and Access, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development and Schizophrenia research and treatment, together about 22.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Issues in Mental Health Nursing is a subscription-based, peer-reviewed journal, aiming to publish the highest quality articles across all psychiatric disciplines with an emphasis on nursing — ranging from new, innovative approaches to client care, to in-depth analysis of current issues, and empirical research. Additionally, the journal accepts theoretical papers addressing mental health promotion and public policy concerns. The journal does not accept papers on the topics of medical or surgical conditions or nursing student education. The journal’s audience includes nurses interested in the provision of psychiatric nursing care in a variety of client settings – communal or institutional. The journal welcomes for consideration the following article types: Research Articles; Methods Articles; Comments, Critique, and Inspirations Articles; Cultural Competence Articles; Psychotherapeutics Articles; and Book Reviews Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article. Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): NURSINGPSYCHIATRY-PSYCHIATRY
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 10, Australia 2, South Korea 1, Canada 1, Sweden 1 (15 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mental Health Treatment and AccessPsychology10%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology6.2%
- Schizophrenia research and treatmentMedicine6.1%
- Mental Health and Patient InvolvementHealth Professions5.9%
- Family Caregiving in Mental IllnessPsychology4.9%
- Healthcare Decision-Making and RestraintsPsychology4.3%
- Homelessness and Social IssuesHealth Professions4.2%
- Child Abuse and TraumaPsychology4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedEmbaseCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, Adis International Ltd., EBSCOhost, E-psyche, Ovid
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.99LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.56Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.79LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.79Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 53LetPub ·
- h-index
- 101OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,792OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.99OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 21.56%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 123LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 688,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,331 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 155 | 43 | 46 |
| 2025 | 166 | 65 | 331 |
| 2024 | 170 | 68 | 601 |
| 2023 | 151 | 61 | 795 |
| 2022 | 116 | 43 | 619 |
| 2021 | 128 | 55 | 1,426 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
33 daysfirst decision after review
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 17%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 33 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 49 daysPublisher website ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Not considered
- medical or surgical conditions; nursing student education
Article types accepted6
- book reviewsand Book ReviewsLength not stated
- comments, critique, and inspirations articlesComments, Critique, and Inspirations Articles;Length not stated
- cultural competence articlesCultural Competence Articles;Length not stated
- methods articlesMethods Articles;Length not stated
- psychotherapeutics articlesPsychotherapeutics Articles;Length not stated
- research articlesResearch Articles;Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Issues in Mental Health Nursing is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverabi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
The journal does not accept papers on the topics of medical or surgical conditions or nursing student education. Model summary
The journal does not accept papers on the topics of medical or surgical conditions or nursing student education.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Informa Healthcare
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0161-2840
- Electronic ISSN
- 1096-4673
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 47, Issue 8 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Issues in Mental Health Nursing
What CAS zone is Issues in Mental Health Nursing in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Issues in Mental Health Nursing is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Nursing / Psychiatry. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Issues in Mental Health Nursing?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.99; CiteScore 3.3, h-index 101.
How long does peer review take at Issues in Mental Health Nursing?
The publisher reports about 33 days (first decision after review); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 17%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What JCR quartile is Issues in Mental Health Nursing in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Where are the editorial board members of Issues in Mental Health Nursing based?
Of the 15 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (10), Australia (2) and South Korea (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Issues in Mental Health Nursing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Issues in Mental Health Nursing is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Issues in Mental Health Nursing open access, and what is the APC?
Issues in Mental Health Nursing is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .